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Dancing in the White House.

The practice of dancing in the White
House by the hostess herself was COM
menced if we mistake not during the adj
ministration of Andrew Jackson, during
which time Emily Donelson OBLIGATED as
the nations hostess Previous to that time
dancing was almost rigidly ignored at the
parties and drawing rooms that were given.
The wife of our first President allowed the
term of her husbands office to expire with
out setting the example, although she
danced before Wasbington's ascendancy to
the Presidency. The shattered health of
Abigail Adams was sufficient to exclude
the practice from the one drawing-room"
which she gave during her brief occu-
pany of the White House. Jefferson's
two daughters failed to establish the pre-
cedent, but their successor, Dolly Adams
gave several balls, although she never
danced ct them herself. Mrs. Monroe's
reluctance to social enjoyrnents was too
pronounced to allow of so exhilarating an
exercise as dancing, and she was hapriest
when at nine o'clock she dismissed her
guests. Mrs. John Quincy Adams found
more pleasure in books than in the whirl
of society. After her reign, however, came
q succession of Years notable for the balls
given at the American Palace" as for
eigners termed it. Emily Donelson's love
of dancing was too great to be suppressed,
and her balls, in which she participated,
were social events of great brilliancy
During the term of Martin Van Buren, the
custom of dancing was adhered to by An
geica Leighton, and when Mrs. Robert
Tyler entered the White House, doing the
honors for her mother-in-law, the many
private balls given were the social fea-
lures of the Administration. The cleo
ton of Mr.. Polk brought about change.
Mrs Polk opposed dancing on principle,
discountenanced the amusement and her
firm denunciation of the practice gave
offense to Washington society. Her sue
cessor, Mrs. Bliss, was of another opinion,
however, and her Inauguration ball, with
Miss Betty-as she was generally known
as the Queen of the evening was notable
event in the social history of the White
House. Mrs. Fillmores gifted daughter
continued the practice. Harriet Lane
Americas social queen during President
Buchanan's occupancy of the Presidents
chair, was an ardent lover of dancing and
many and brilliant were the State balls at
which she reigned. Since Miss Lanes days
dancing has been rarely INDUCED in by the
ladies of the White House. Neither Mrs.
Lincoln nor Mrs. Grant danced, and only
private balls, with scarcely any dancing
were given by Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Garfield,
or Mrs. McElroy.-Brookiy1l Magazine.
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the ground, where early rains are as liable
to come as in San Mateo county. Ii vines
are excessively vigorous and planted widely
apart on good soil, more canes may be al
lowed than have been mentioned in this
article. For instance, when vine OF the
goblet form Is provided with long canes as
already mentioned, if it is of exceptional
vigor, each arm may be provided with
long fruit cane and short wood spur, and
a vine pruned on the modified Guyot sys-
tenn may in the case mentioned be provided
with four arms instead OF two, each having
frnit cane and spur, in which case the
long canes will be laid down in four differ
ent directions from the stock. cruciform.
1t requires a certain amount OF experience
to Judge how many long canes shall be
left on a vine, /but person who carefully
observes vine during the growing season
and at the pruning time, with acknowledge
of the number of canes left at the previous
pruning, will soon be able to decide for
himself If during the spring and summer
a number Of suckers are thrown out by the
old wood and the growth generally is of
great vigor, it will be proper to leave more
buds at the pruning, which means that
THE CANES MAY BE INCREASED
In number or in length. If, however, the
growth is feeble but healthy, and the canes
have not grown to the usual length. 1t in
dicates that too much wood was left at the
last pruning, and the canes should be re-
stricted in number or in length. Some
times, when long cane and spur are left,
the sap naturally tending to flow to the up
per buds, will be drawn away from the
lower ones, and the wood spur will fail to
provide. canes of sufficient length for the
next season. This tendency of the sap is
checked by giving the long cane shorter
bind in tying it up in the goblet system or
in laying it down as in the Guyot form.
Pinching off the shoots growing from the
long cane as soon as they develop more than
six leaves is practised with the same object
in view, but the proper bending of the cane
will check the flow of the sap and throw it
back to the spur. and the necessity Of sum-
mer pruning will be avoided, and it may
be added that summer pruning is consid-
cred Objectionable by many California viii
cultUrists.
| cannot but feef that person with no
practical experience will find it difficult 10
fully understand all that is intended 10 be
conveyed by this article, unaided by illus
trations, but trust that it will be of some
assistance to those who cannot avail them
selves of practical instruction.. II. Rit-
ford IN Redwood City Democrat.
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CURE or THE PiP.-This disease is not
recognized by breeders at all. What is
termed pip" is claimed to be the first
stages of roup, the sound of pip" being
an effort to sneeze. It is really cold in
the head, which closes the nasal pa ssages.
compelling the bird to breathe with its
mouth open, which rapidly takes away the
moistures and causes the tongue to become
dry, and this has given the naiue to what
some call pip or bong substance on the
tongue The sneezing of fowls, or
sound given by them, does not always
indicate anything serious, but it denotes
that the birds have taken cold, and that
something must be done. 1t is not roup,
out the forerunner of it. If not checked,
roup will appear and remain, as it is very
Difficult, to cure when once it gets in flock.
The cold may come from crack. leak or
exposure to too much danpness. Keep the
birds confined in dry, warm, sunny place
for a few DAYS, and feed on warm food.
No medicine viii be Necessary, but lime
may be freely busted in the poultry house
so as to cause them to sneeze and clear their
nostrils, and the chances are that in few
days they will be well and lively.
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Guernser Cows for the parry.

In a communication TO an English live
stock journal, L. F. Allen. of Buffalo, \.
Y, has the following about Guernseys:
"Within the last five years l have
adopted the grade cows of this breed, by
the use of thoroughbred Guernsey bulls to
my herd of high grade Shorthorn COWS,
thus producing better class of mixers for
butteI-making. the Shorthorns not being
always up to the required standard for that
object. Not thet the Shorthorns in their
original condition were not satisfactory
dairy COWS for many years after their inn
portation to our country, but running SO
much and early to flesh, and cultivated
more for the latter purpose, the milking
quality has been neglected, and the almost
exclusively millSsng breeds lately intro
duoed here-as tAe Ayrshire, Jersey and
Bolstein-have partly taken their places
with dairymen and private families.
Thus far my short experience farorS
the Guernsey ever either of the
others, of perhaps q like origin with
the Jerseys in centuries back. | prefer
thea to the Jerseys tor their great size
and bariihood, robust forms, carrying
moae flesh and equal suality and quantity
of milk, according to eize. Not that a.
all un6eryalues the Je,eeys in the opinion
vi lalOoS W tiO HAOAOA hGe
diminatiye size and lsanness of flesh 90
not suit my fancy The 5ell square udders,
gosd size of their teats. .essiness of milk
ing. and lympathic temperament of my
half and three-quarter grade Guernsey
cowsi eaEaE my expectations. intend, as
time progresses, with c6ats1uous use of
thoroughbreG bulls. TO breed the grades
still higher, Il having been Sally proved
with those who have long used both
Guernseys sad Jerseys, that xell-graded
COWS of those hoods give as rich milk and
high quality of butter as thoraSghbreds,
at much less COS. of purchase thsn they.
Ayfshires are valuable for cheese making
so axe Holsteins; bzt the lessened Slality
of milk of the latter. compared With the
largely superior quantity, give ns2sger
weights of butter. Yet Tor supply of Eilk
for city, village and ordinary family use.
they mas be superior &c some others. DO
no; wish 70 depreciate them"
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The Bloom Upon the Grape.

This delicate covering to the skin of the
grape | think, has been little studied in
America, but seems to demand some atten-
ton. for nature always has an end in view.
| need first, though, to confess my igno-
rance of its object, and desire that this note
be considered in the light of an exclama-
ton point, for calling out the studies of
oilers. l suppose the matter has been
studied in Europe, but l have no work
touching upon the topic; the science of Wit
iculture is just beginning to attract atten
ton here, but have read somewhere that
it is the bloom that causes the ferment of
the Juice in the process of wine-making.
This would make it Il sporadic body de-
posted from the air for an Interior object,
not a growth, and require contemplated
use upon the part of nature that seems far
fetched and remote; still | have rot sutfi-
cient information to deny the proposed OBJ
iect; indeed | am inclined 10 think that
there may be something in it, but see no
necessity for it because those ferment
spores are especially abundant in the air in
autumn. Another object we can plainly
see, that is that the bloom is meant for or
nament. Nature takes infinite pains to
place beauty before cur eyes with express
ion of forms. In our extreme egotism we
claim this is for mans delight. But in
this instance | am afraid we shall have TO
surrender our claim to the beautiful birds.
For if | should dare to give guess as to
natures object, l should be obliged to say
that this ornamentation was given to in
duce birds to eat the grapes, carry the seeds
away and drop them perchance where they
might spring up and grow, and clothe ma
lures waste places.
Another motive and provision though, |
think we NAV fairly claim is for man S
benefit. We must not snub our egotism
too roughly refer 10 the aid the bloom
gives in preserving grapes for winter use,
fer it is found that the Catawba, Vergennes
and other long keeping varieties are usu-
ally the ones that have the heaviest bloom
it seems to prevent the air from penetral-
ing the skin. We may, therefore, conclude
that this may be one of the principal OBJ
iects, and can see that even this delicate or
namentation may have practical side
| D. S. Mdrriu IN The Tineyardist.
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A Remedy tor Lung diseases.

DR.. Robert Newton, late President of the
Eclectic College, of the city of New York,
and formerly of Cincinnati, used DIR. VIM.
Halls Balsam very extensively in his prac-
tice, as many of his patients, now living,
and restored to health by the use of this
invaluable medicine, can amply testify.
He always said that so good a remedy
ought not to be considered merely as pat
ent medicine, but that it ought to be pre-
scribed freely by every physician as SOW
ereign remedy in all cases of lung diseases.
1t cures consumption and all pectoral COM
ulaints
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THEIR OwY MEDIcINE-Oneo of the anus
ing features of recent labor troubles has
been boycott OF the organ of the Knights
of Labor in New York The price of this
paper, the Leader, was raised TO the news
boys. who thereupon held an indignation
meeting, struck, and resolved to enforce a
boycott. They gathered before the publica-
ton Office, shouted, Boycott the Leader r.
exhibited placards bearing the same legend.
and urged war upon newsbay "scabs. :
The boycott was successful, and the trus-
tees of the paper returned to the old prices.
How palatable the Knights found their
swn medicine has not been made known.
- Elnnk Leslie.
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advice to Mothers.-Mrs. Winslow's
SOOTHING SYRUP should always be used when
children are cutting teeth. 1t relieves the little
sufferer at once; it produces natural quiet sleep
by relieving the child from pain, and the nttie
cherub awakes as bright as button" 1t is
very pleasant to taste. 1t soothes the child,
softens the gums, allays ell pain, relieves wind,
regulates the bowels, and is the best known
remedy for diarrhoea, whether arising from teeth
ing or other causes Twenty-Five cents bottle.
n,r15 IvMWS
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So PREVALENT AND FATAL has Consump-
ton become. that it is now everywhere
dreaded as the great scourge.oi humanity (;
and yet, in their formative stages, all Pull
monary Complaints may be readily re-
lieyed and controlled by resorting promptly
to DIR. d. Jayne's Expectorant, a curative
specially adapted to soothe and strengthen
the Bronchial tubes, allsy Inflammation,
and loosen and remove all distractions Ii
is a certain remedy for Asthma, and also
for Coughs and Colds.
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Is the cure OF severe coughs, weak lungs,
splitting of blood and the early stages of
consumption, DR.. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery has astonished the medical
faculty. While ii cures the severest coughs,
it strengthens the system and purifies the
blood. BE- druggists.
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Used two bottles of Eiy's Cream balm,
aud ii has cured me completely OF catarrh.
gel any.hing TO do me any good before. Ely,
Cream Balm cured me sound ana well. viii
warrant it to be sure for those diseases, MS
il is recommended. If parties doubt this, let
them wri TOT me and will answer them.-Chas.
w. Cargill, Great Eastern Mine, Guernevllie,
Sonoma county, Cal. feS-ly
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GENERAL NOTICES.

You can't afford to laugh, dear girls,
Unless your teeth are white as pearls
Unless your mouth is pink and sweet,
And your two lips in rosebuds meet :!
And you cannot supply TINS Wans;
But through the use of SOZODONI!
iy2-lylu rs
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"MY little son, three years of age. was
terribly afflicted with scrofula. His head
was entirely covered with scrofuious sores.
and his body showed many marks of the
disease. A few bottles of Ayers Sarsapa-
riila cured him.'-W. J. Beckett, Hynera,
Ind
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Cure for the Deaf.

PICKS PATENT IMPROVED CUSHIONED
EAR DRUMS perfectly restore the nearing
and petform the work of the natural drum.
Invisible. comfortable and always in posi-
ton. All conversation, and even whispers.
heard distinctly. Send for illustrated book OF
testimonials free. +. HISCOX, S55 Broadway,
New York. 10 omo
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F1rsl-AIl Fits stopped free by DR..
Kliners Great Nerve Restorer. No Fits
after first DAYS use. Marvellous cures.
Treatise and 81 trial bottle free to Fit
cases. Send to d.. Kline, e3l Arch street.
Philadelphia, Pa.
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Children will sleep well and have good
DIGESTION If YOU give them PARKEI's Tonic.
UINpEgcoRNs, the best cure for corns, 10 cts
S11-1tS
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If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DIR. Isaac
THOMPSON'S EYE WATER. Druggists sell 1t
of % cents o17-1yS
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The Glory of Man Is His Strength. and
for the many ailments arising from nervous
prostre;ion and physical weakness, such as loss
of vital energy, nervous debility, seminal weak
ness impotency and the various ills caused by
Indiscre'ion, Excess and Abuse there is no more
effectual remedy than DIR. LaMars' Seminal
Pills. They build up the entire system, renew
the wasted energies, giving strength, vlgor ana
vitality To all the organs. The feeble ana IN
firm find in them a veritable fountain of youth.
Price, 81 80. Sent C. o. D., by express, or by
mail. on receipt OF price Address all orders to
A. McBoYLE & CO., Druggists, P o. Box 1892,
San Francisco JASON
s. s. & E. L. soutbwort,. Dentists. Sac.
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Let Me Have q Mild
CIGAR.

,I,HE ABOVE REQUEST IS HEARD DAILY
| in cigar stores, saloons and other places
where cigars are sold, for it is an undlsputed
fact that most smokers prefer a mild cigar, and
that those who have for a long time smoked
strong cigars. principally imported Havanas,
ach and impaired the nervous system, surely
want a mild cigar, it they could find the right
kind.
How many thousands of smokers who suffer
from loss of appetite, headache, nervous irrita-
bility asthma etc , and who have tried all pos
sible remedies without success might be cured
if they knew that their suilerings were caused
by the Incorporate use of strong cigars, and
that they should only smoke mild and properly
prepared ones.
1t is fact that net all mild cigars agree well
with smokers for in most cases there Is = iach
of care in the selection of the tobacco and often
the necessary experience for it is wanting. yet
there is one brand which suits the most fas-
fidinns smoker and TINT is
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If YOU want a first-class Buggy, Cart,
Phaeton or anything IA the carriage line, go to
HARRY BERNARD'S, Sixth and l. streets. If
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FRUIT LAND.

DARTIEs DESIRING TO PURCHASE FRUIT
Land in Placer county, ia the neighbor-
hood of NEWCASTLE, will do well to CORE
spond with the undersigned, as he has q large
number of improved and unimproved farms,
from TO 500 acres rangngin price from $40 per
acre III [fe2- lplml ROBERT JONES. Newcastle.
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N.o LET-CHEAP, TENEMENTS AND UN-
I furnished roons-good l0cstion-suitable
for housekeeping for small families. Inquire of
D. GARDINER, northeast corner Fourth and
Et-
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ROSE SPRING RANCH
FOR BALE.

100 ACRES, G MILES EAST OF ROSE
lou vile, in Placer county; first rate for
Fruit or Vegetables; an abundance of good wa
ter at all times; price, 5000. Call at the ranch
or address II. D. MARSHALL. Folsom. ia27-Imt
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COLONY LANDS FOR SALE.

OAK PARK COLONY, TEHAMA COUNTY,
" is in the rich timber belt on the line of the
Oregon Railroad and is commanding the at
tention of settlers as of the choice localities
for building homes. The cli1na'e is mild, the
soil fertile and produces all the fruits in perfec-
ton. Secure lands here ct the present low
prices Inquire at 426 K street. Sacramento. I'm
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NOR SALE CuEAP-THREEB BILLIARD AND
4 one Pool Tables, with all the attachments
and in good repair; also . 10. OF Window Sash
ano 81 IS oors, suitable for dollhouse pur-
poses. Apply at GEO. +. PARkkk's, No. 800
K rect southeast cor.er If
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DRUSSELLS CARPET-NE 4RLY NEW; ALSO,
d No. Range 'completel, at a bargain; just
received: also, stock new Carpets, at very low
prices: call and see them; I Bed Lounge. 81. All
for sale at CHAS. VI. CAMPBELL ;, 4Jy \ street.
Upholstering and Repairing. I'm
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THE rIrAsuRE OF DOING sonuJNG p


Ny friend, Mrs. c., formerly from
Ohio, having endured all manner of trou-
bic with donesiics during the several wears
she has lived here, determined to take
little Mexican girl TO bring up" and to
instruct her in housekeeping according TO
American ideas. But the difficulty was
that in all poverty Mexico there
is scarcely tauily not born in poem seryi-
tude who will consent TO send their daggh-
tiers TO what is considered life Of slavery.
At last 3 child twelve years old was Sc
cdred-one of large family which Was
maintained chiefly by public chart y-anS
Mrs. c. promised the girls mother that
.Josefta, as she was named, should be taken
regularly TO church, taught to read and
sen, be kept well-clotiled, and allowed to
visit her mother at fredSsnt intervals.
Josefta was very bright and pretty, bat
lazy as the rest of her race and vain as
indolent. Though she had never owned
stocking, she would not consent to put her
uahogony-eolored feet into anything but
some dirty white satin slippers. enormously
nigh-heeled and much too short for her,
several pairs of which had been given her
by the female performers OF Orrin S circus.
All least once every week, her IEother-
& tall, slatterniy woman, with tangled hair,
and a cigarette eternaliy in her month
would come to visit Josefita, accompanied
BY friend, friends friend, and train
of giris-her other daughters. Invariably
they all trailed around to the kitchen,
seated themselves on the floor, and smoked
and smoked till literally all was blue.
Then the cook would give them some din
ner-whinh, it is needless TO say. they ate
with relish; after which they smoked as
before, till nightfall But the climax of
the pcw-wow came with the time to go, for
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1AyTED-LOST-FOUND.
fUg SALE-TG LsE.

JIORSEs FOR SALE-A LOT OFHN
IL excellent Saddle and Work k&1SN
Horses from the state of Nevada Okla
good stock can be purchased on application 10
W. F. CRANE, Telegraph stables, j, between
Twelfth and Thirteenth. fsS-lw*
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nor SALOON MODERATE TERMS, FOUR
T. lots, s0x160 feet each, on south side of
block between and p, Twentieth and Twenty
first streets; one of the most elevated and pleas
ant locations for a residence in the city; . short
distance from street railroad. Apply to w. Z.
CHAMBERLAIN at Bank OF D. Q. MILLS & co.
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C1OR sALE-THREE SPANS OF-.
{ fine Horses. For price, etc, call t.zlCN
at the Union Brewery, Twentieth andESA-
@ streets where the horses can be seen. If
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FRUITS, szEps AND PaoDUGE.

$. 5. & E. L. southwort.. Dentists. sas.
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ITO LET-A TWO-STORY HOUSE CON -.
1 tanning rooms and bathroom, and ha;.;
all latest improvements, situated on l. III
street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth. In
quire T. H. COOK, Big Tree Store, corner Eighth
and J streets If
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UNFINISHED ROOMS-CLUNIE'5 BLOCK,
Z Eighth and X streets, northeast corner.
Nicely furnished sunny rooms, single or in
suites; the best rooms in the city; street cars
kept first class. MRS. GRICE. Proprietress I'm
sSoR sALE-ONE 6-HOgsE POWER PORT
q able Engine and Boiler; horse Truck
md q light Buggy; all secondhand but in good
order Would take in exchange wood, coal, hay
u grain. Apply at d. GARDENERS, 4o1 street.
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